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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: The Script, pages 100-122.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Bob owe the government in back taxes?
(a) $45.00.
(b) $33,000.
(c) $3.67.
(d) $150,000.

2. What is the Arch Vicar's opinion of the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Through technology, Man lost touch with reality.
(b) Technology paradoxically allows Man to become closer with nature.
(c) It represented the apex of civilization.
(d) It resulted in key advances they enjoy even today.

3. What part of "Ape and Essence" makes Bob decide to read the entire script?
(a) Its professional hole punches and brads.
(b) Its opening poetry.
(c) The fact that it is in pristine, unopened condition.
(d) Its glossy title page.

4. What does Dr. Poole tell Chief about why New Zealand was spared in the World War?
(a) Dr. Poole lies and states that most of New Zealand was destroyed.
(b) Its citizens created a magical forcefield.
(c) The country was deemed to not be of strategic value.
(d) Dr. Poole refuses to admit he is from New Zealand.

5. How does the Arch Vicar aid Dr. Poole in seeing the mating rituals better?
(a) He gives him night-vision goggles.
(b) He orders all couples to be brought out into the moonlight.
(c) He gives him a walking tour.
(d) He orders the lights to be turned on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ritual is held among the primitives as a protection against deformed babies?

2. What is used to kill the deformed babies?

3. How does the narrator characterize the scientists from New Zealand?

4. What became of William Tallis' immediate family?

5. How does Loola feel about the beating of the young woman at the hands of the primitives' religious leader?

(see the answer key)

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